Archive of films Pleasure / Pleasure

Sweden / Netherlands / France
2021, 109 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2021

In Sweden she was called Linnea, but now her stage name is Bella Cherry. She left her hometown when she was nineteen and moved to Los Angeles in order to make it in the world of adult movies… But the road to the top is paved not only with pleasure but also with failure and disappointment. An unbiased look at the porn industry – that is Ninja Thyberg’s feature film debut. Suitable for viewers aged 18 years and over.

Synopsis

In Sweden she was called Linnea, but now her stage name is Bella Cherry. She left her hometown when she was nineteen and moved to Los Angeles in order to make it in the world of adult movies. And she is ready to do anything to become the biggest and brightest porn star. But even more difficult than filming a BDSM scene is the struggle with producers and the question of whether it is even possible to make friends in this very specific environment… Swedish director Ninja Thyberg takes a behind-the-scenes look at an equally taboo as well as mythologized world, presenting it so naturally that all our biases slowly disappear until we are astonished to discover that it is an entertainment industry like any other.

Anna Kořínek

About the director

Ninja Thyberg (1984, Göteborg). Selected filmography: Afro (2012, short), Pleasure (2013, short), Stallion (Hingsten, 2013, short), Catwalk (2015, short), Pleasure (2021).

Contacts

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Horizons

Director:	Ninja Thyberg
Screenplay:	Ninja Thyberg, Peter Modestij
Dir. of Photography:	Sophie Winqvist Loggins
Editor:	Amalie Westerlin Tjellesen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Art Director:	Paula Loos
Producer:	Erik Hemmendorff, Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå
Production:	Plattform Produktion
Cast:	Sofia Kappel, Revika Anne Reustle, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock, Dana DeArmond, Kendra Spade
Sales:	Versatile
Contact:	Swedish Film Institute

Guests

Ninja Thyberg

Film Director